Mayor of Cairns
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The meaning of the position of "Mayor of Cairns" has changed a number of times. Originally the position was for the Mayor of the Town of Cairns. In 1995 Mulgrave Shire Council and City of Cairns Council were amalgamated to create the City of Cairns - thereby creating a new mayoral position. In 2008, the City of Cairns and Shire of Douglas were amalgamated to create the Cairns Regional Council - again, creating a new position, with the same name. The histories of all three of these positions are listed below:
People who have held the office of Mayor of Cairns since the 2008 amalgamation.
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Val Schier | 2008-04-03 - Current |
People who have held the office of Mayor of Cairns between the 1995 and 2008 amalgamations.
| Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Kevin Byrne | 2000 - 2008. |
| Tom Pyne | 1995 - 2000 |
People who have held the office of Mayor of Cairns before the 1995 amalgamation.
| Mayor | Term | Facts |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Byrne | 1992 - 1995 | Born Lae, Papua New Guinea 1949. Nudgee College, Brisbane. Australian Army 1969-87. Mentioned In Dispatches South Vietnam 1971. Regional Manager Office of Northern and Regional Development, Cairns 1987-90. Regional Manager Queensland Confederation of Industry 1990-1992. |
| J. Cleland | 1990 - 1991 | Born Gordonvale September 1940. Chemist. Keen cricketer. President Cairns Cricket Association. Chairman Cairns Region Sister Cities Association. President Cairns/Mulgrave Water Supply Board. Died in Cairns December 1991 while still in office. |
| Keith Goodwin | 1988 - 1990 | Born Brisbane 1945. Teacher. Director Adult Education Brisbane 1974. Officer in Charge Cairns TAFE. Outstanding Jaycee Senator of the World. Died in plane crash Mt Emerald May 1990 while still in office. |
| Ronald Davis | 1979 - 1988 | Born Cairns May 1928. Manager CTL Glass and Hardware. Auctioneer and Valuer. Member Cairns Port Authority. President Cairns Show Association. Director Telecasters North Queensland. |
| Kevin Crathern | 1973 - 1978 | Born Richmond, Victoria April 1922. Boilermaker. Royal Australian Navy 1942-46. Keen sportsman. President Cairns AFL. Died Cairns December 2001. |
| David De Jarlais | 1969 - 1973 | Born Emuford, North Queensland October 1913. Manager Cairns Gas Supply Company for ten years. Proprietor Gas Appliance Centre, Cairns. Life Member Cairns Show Association. Chairman Starr Bowkett and Northern Co-operative Building Society. Died Cairns 1978. |
| Colin Penridge | 1967 - 1969 | Born Bundaberg, Queensland 1910. Railway Station Master. Real Estate Agent. Member Cairns Travel League. Died Cairns August 1969. |
| S. Chataway | 1960 - 1967 | Born Mackay Queensland January 1985. World War One veteran. Railway worker. Died 1978. |
| W. Fulton | 1952 - 1960 | Born Cairns 1909. Proprietor Northern Cycle and Sports Depot. World War Two veteran and “Rat of Tobruk”. Keen sportsman and accomplished musician. Member of the Cairns Band. Federal Member for Leichhardt 1961-1975. Died Cairns November 1988. |
| William Henry Murchison | 1949 - 1952 | Born Bowen Queensland 1892. Railway Worker. Member Barron Falls Hydro Electricity Board. Chairman Cairns Fire Brigade Board. Chairman Cairns Hospital Committee. Died Cairns 1952. |
| William A Collins | 1927 - 1949 | Born Herberton 1886. Chemist. President Cairns Progress Association. President Barron Falls Hydro Electricity Board. Chairman Cairns Cricket Association. Died June 1959. |
| A J Draper | 1924 - 1927 | Fifth Term (See Below). |
| John George Hoare | 1920 - 1924 | Second Term (See Below). |
| Richard Cowle Foxdale Gelling | 1919 | Arrived Cairns from Charters Towers 1905. Coachbuilder. Member of the Masonic Fraternity. Died Cairns October 1952. Buried Martyn Street Cemetery. |
| A J Draper | 1918 - 1919 | Fourth Term (See Below). |
| Thomas Henry Donaldson | 1917 | Manager Samuel Allen & Sons. |
| Thomas Dillon | 1915 - 1916 | Second Term (See Below). |
| J. Griffiths | 1915 | |
| Thomas Dillon | 1914 | Born Ballywilliam Newcross, Ireland February 1851. Hotel Proprietor. Cordial Manufacturer. Died Atherton May 1917. |
| Charles McKenzie | 1912 - 1913 | Second Term (See Below). |
| John George Hoare | 1911 | Arrived Cairns from Charters Towers 1905. Coachbuilder. Member of the Masonic Fraternity. Died Cairns October 1952. Buried Martyn Street Cemetery. |
| Andrew Hartill-Law | 1910 | Born Staffordshire England 1859. Mechanical Engineer. Member of Cairns School of Arts and Technical College Committee. Proprietor Phoenix Foundry and Engine Works. Died Cairns March 1940. |
| John Coxall | 1909 | Born Tenterfield, New South Wales c1864. Stockbroker. Died October 1939. Buried Belgian Gardens Cemetery Townsville. |
| Sinclair Miller | 1908 | Born Edinburgh Scotland 1858. Builder. Sawmill proprietor. Chairman Cairns Central School Committee. Chairman Cairns District Hospital Committee. Died Cairns 1929. |
| Charles McKenzie | 1905 | Born Braemar, Scotland 1865. Arrived Cairns 1888. Operated tailor premises. Chairman Cairns School Committee. Died Cairns May 1914. |
| Donald McLachlan | 1904 | Proprietor joinery works. Chairman Cairns Ambulance Committee. |
| Louis Severin | 1891 | Third Term (See Below). |
| A J Draper | 1902 | Third Term (See Below). |
| Richard Tills | 1900 - 1901 | Born Hull, England 1860. Arrived Cairns 1883. Contract builder. Operated joinery works and Cairns Sawmill Company. Member Cairns Divisional Board. Member Barron Divisional Board. President Cairns Chamber of Commerce. Licensing Justice. Died Cairns June 1937. |
| Lyne Brown | 1899 | Born November 1845. Railway photographer and draftsman. Took many photos of construction of Cairns district railways. Member Fire Brigade Board. Died June 1921. |
| Karl Aumuller | 1898 | Born Nassau, Germany 1829. Saddler. Managed sheep stations New South Wales and North Queensland. Died Cairns 1900. |
| A J Draper | 1897 | Second Term (See Below). |
| James Lyons | 1895 - 1896 | Born Ireland 1843. Lyons went to the Palmer River gold field before moving to Cairns. Member Queensland Parliament 1902-05. Member Cairns Shire Council (Mulgrave Shire Council). President Cairns Chamber Of Commerce. President Cairns Bowls Club. Died July 1915. |
| Daniel Patience | 1893 - 1894 | Manager Burns Philp, Cairns branch. Member Magistrates’ Bench. President Chamber of Commerce. President Cairns School of Arts. Died Sydney July 1909. |
| A J Draper | 1891 - 1893 | Born Williamstown, Victoria, April 1863. Commission Agent and Auctioneer and Merchant. Vice-President Canegrowers Association. Vice-President Australian Sugar Producers Association. Died Brisbane March 1928. |
| Louis Severin | 1891 | Second Term (See Below). |
| Callaghan Walsh | 1890 | Born Ireland 1843. Arrived Queensland 1862. Merchant in Cooktown, Port Douglas and Cairns. Chairman of the Cairns Rice Milling Company in 1889. President Cairns Chamber of Commerce. President Railway League. Chairman Cairns Harbour Board 1906. Died Brisbane April 1918. |
| Richard A. Kingsford | 1889 | Second Term (See Below). |
| Louis Severin | 1886 - 1888 | Born France 1848. Builder and merchant in Cooktown. Mayor Cooktown 1876. Operated a brickworks in Cairns. Died Cairns 1904. |
| Richard A. Kingsford | 1885 - 1886 | Born Canterbury, England, 4 October 1821. Chairman of Cairns Divisional Board 1884. Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Queensland Colonial Parliament. Mayor of Brisbane 1876. Draper and sugar planter. Died Cairns 2 Jan 1902. |
Data drawn from Cairns City Council's History Archives.[1]
